Moon coach Mike Muraco has a 25-wrestler roster to choose from this season, and that depth should pay dividends as the season unfolds. Haley Smarsh, the lone girl on the roster, is a standout.
Jaedin Griggs scored 23 points for Moon Area's girls team and Caludio Ierullo paced Our Lady of the Sacred Heart to a win. Carlynton's boys team was overpowered in a loss to McGuffey.
The Montour boys basketball improved to 3-0 and handed Upper St. Clair its first loss of the season Saturday while in girls action, Bishop Canevin and Moon came away with victories.
Both the Montour and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart girls basketball teams came up winners Monday night, but the Moon girls and Bishop Canevin boys wound up on the losing end of things.
Moon Area needed an extra four minutes to top host Central Catholic at the Vikings' tournament Saturday while OLSH and Montour claimed victories. Carlynton went to overtime but came up short against Eden Christian.
The Carlynton girls polished off Southmoreland in the championship game of the Carlynton Cougars Boys and Girls Tipoff Classic. Bishop Canevin downed the Ellis School in the Fort Cherry Tournament Moon downed Lincoln Park in the second day of the Moon tournament.
Moon Area and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart posted tournament wins Friday night while Carlynton fell in its own tournament. Cornell and Sto-Rox also came up short in one-sided decisions.